Sheaf carrier



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SHEA]? CARRIER.

No. 282,303. Patented Ju1y 31. 1883.

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SHEA]? GARRIBR. No". 282.303. Patented July 31. 1883.

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giac, in the countyof Cass and State of Michiing the bunches opposite each other in rows,

arms projecting from under the table whereon the sheaves are bound, so as to receive and 1 l drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate l I corresponding parts in all the figures.

' my improved sheaf-carrier attachment applied 1 to it. Fig. 2 is asectional elevation of Fig.1

ts l 1 the cut grain is delivered by an endless oar-I rier from the harvester, to be bound by any apslot 0 and the front end, (indicated by arrow f,)

and exact description.

sheaves to let them fall to the ground when the bunches are to be discharged, all as hereinafter fully described.

line y y of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a detail view,

being attached to the posts d, which are sup- UNITED STATESPATENT OFF CE.

. iIRA B. DOWAGIAC, MICHIGAN.

SHEAF- C SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters ARRIER.

Patent No. 282,303, dated July :1, 1883.

Application filed May 2, less. No model.) i l Be it known that I, IRA B. GAGE, of Dowagan, have invented a new and Improved Sheaf- Carrier, of which the following is afull, clear,

My. invention consists of an improved attachment for self-binding harvesters, to receive the sheaves from the binder and retain them for collecting bunches for shocks and dischargthe said attachment being essentially a pair of hold the sheaves crosswise on them as pushed out by the binding mechanism; also, means for swinging one of the arms from under the Reference is to be had to the accompanying Figure 1. is a perspective view of the binding-table of a self -binding attachment with on the line 00 w, and Fig. 3 is a section on the showing the inclination of arm and local relation of the stays, so that gravity will tend to keep the carrier inits normal position for re ceiving the bundles. I The slanting table A is the place whereoii proved form of devices, I), (dotted,-) working in j and through the slot 0 of said table, the table ported on the extension-frame e of the har vesterrframe. Under this table, between the I arrange a long arm, 9, to project horizontally,'as far as may be desired, laterally to the machine, with a joint, h, at or about the lower edge of the table, enabling the projecting part of the armto swing around parallel to the table to clear any stumps, trees, or other objects with which it may come in contact, the said joint being suitably constructed or incline'dto cause the arm to-gravitate back to its project ing position after passing the obstruction; or the same. object may be accomplished by so adjusting the arm that it inclines downward from the table. For adjusting this bar gto the binder attachment, I prefer to bolt the inner end to thecross-bar r by a screw, j, and suspend it beyond said bar 2' by the stays k, suitably bolted to bar 9 and to one of the back posts; but it may be otherwise connected, if preferred. To the front side of the arm I attach a head-piece, Z, by adjustable arms m, for

a guard by which the butt-ends of the sheaves will not fall on thatside, the supporting-arms m of said guard being adjustable in slots of the a arm 9 to set head Z, as may be required for long 1 or short grain. Behind slot 0 of the table I.

arrange another arm, a, parallel to arm g, but a 7 bar t, and being suspended by achain-stay, p, I

having its joint at o, where it is connected to which will swing with the arm. as it turns on said joint 0. means of the chain-stayp, being attached above and forward of the arm n, to gravitate to its This arm a is also contrived by workingposition, and said arm n has a stay, q,

attached to its under side in the vertical plane of the joint 0, and also attached to the beam 1' a at the point 3 back and on the same horizontal plane with the joint 0. This stay acts only as a stop to prevent the arm n from swinging forward farther than its working position. When the sheaves have accumulated on the arms sufficiently for being discharged in abunch, the.

operator, by means of the gears z and b, which he connects by a lever, a, so as to wind cord 1) on drumy, swings the arm a back by pulling the arm. at w, and so discharges the load. When i l self-binding harvester, of a pair of sheaf-carrying arms, 9 and n, arranged to project from under the lower edge of the said table to receive and hold the sheaves, and one of said arms adapted to be swung apart from the other to discharge the sheaves by letting them fall between said arms, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with the table a of a self-binder, of a pair of sheaf-carrying arms, g and or, arranged to project from under the lower edge of said table to receive and hold 4. A sheaf holding attachment to a selfbinder table, consisting of a pair of arms, 9 and n, projecting from under the lower edge of the table, for receiving the sheaves therefrom, the said arms being fixed on pivots allowing them to be swung back by contact with obstacles intheir way, for escaping them and for gravitating back to the working position, substantially as described.

5. A sheaf carrying attachment to a selfbinder table, consisting of a pair of projecting arms, 9 and n, the arm 12 connected by cord 12 with a drum, y, arr nged for connection with a driving-pinion, b, at the will of the operator, for swinging said arm to discharge the sheaves, substantially as described.

IRA B. GAGE.

WVitnesses:

J NO. F. TRYoN, GEORGE HENDRY. 

